According to the Commerce Department, sales of TVs, computers, video and more grew 1.8 percent in the first six months of 2010, a figure that ate into money spent on apparel and furniture. Americans spent $153.3 billion on electronics in the first half of the year.

Overall consumer spending remained flat in June, the department also said.

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